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Coracoid

02319 Cor"a*coid (?), a.[Gr. ; grk ko`rax /grk crow + grk e'i^dos /grk form.] 1. Shaped like a crow's beak.2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

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Cordillera

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